Honors

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How do med schools view honors students? Do they view them as better than regular students or are they judged on an equal playing field?

 

[mimelim]

If that is a common thing on people's applications, I must always skip over it. Last time I heard about honors meaning something different was in early high school.

 

[deleted577188]

I would like to know this as well. Also, how about if one just takes an advanced/honors version of a course? My intuition tells me no one cares, just like how no one cares about undergrad (to an extent.

 

[GomersGoToGround]

If you're GPA is high, nobody cares about honors. You can probably be safe to assume that a student with a high GPA is going to have honors.

If you were involved in an honors scholar program, where you had to do some real, significant extra work (projects, volunteering, etc.), that could be a nice add-on. But having 'honors' is a dime a dozen.

 

[drjay16]

How do med schools view honors students? Do they view them as better than regular students or are they judged on an equal playing field?

A lot of elite/top colleges don't have honor classes, so.....no one probably cares.

 

[novak123]

What about a student who is getting their honors degree? This entails doing a 12-credit laboratory based research semester and writing a thesis + a 3 credit course before this research semester that involves doing an in depth literature search to develop the thesis proposal?

 

[MrLogan13]

No one cares.

 

[Prettywoman0172]

What about a student who is getting their honors degree? This entails doing a 12-credit laboratory based research semester and writing a thesis + a 3 credit course before this research semester that involves doing an in depth literature search to develop the thesis proposal?

I did that 🙂 as well as an honors scholar program. I did it for my own satisfaction and for the pretty decorations Ill get to wear at graduation 🙂

 

[Mad Jack]

What about a student who is getting their honors degree? This entails doing a 12-credit laboratory based research semester and writing a thesis + a 3 credit course before this research semester that involves doing an in depth literature search to develop the thesis proposal?

The research will help you. The honors designation won't.

 

[Catalystik]

How do med schools view honors students? Do they view them as better than regular students or are they judged on an equal playing field?

If you had honors classes designated on your official transcript, then AMCAS will place a nice H after your grade and and "Honors" under the Course Type. But no added weight is given to the grade. Unless one was comparing your transcript to another from the same college, it doubt it would have much impact on an adcomm.

 

[Lucca]

The experiences that being an honor student offer you, provided they exist, is what truly matters. Since most people accepted to medical school have a 3.7+ it is safe to assume that they have some sort of "cum Laude" on their degree.